A Common Tangent Triangle
Problem
The parabola () meets the hyperbola at a point . A common tangent line of the two curves touches the parabola at and the hyperbola at . Prove that for every positive real , the area of is a constant independent of .
Answer
Solution
| Difficulty | 9/10 |
|---|---|
| Topics | Parametrization, conic sections, Discriminant |
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